By Alice McFarlane

Agriculture Roundup for Thursday September 2, 2021

Sep 2, 2021 | 11:06 AM

MELFORT, Sask. — Saputo Inc. has acquired two food manufacturing facilities in North Carolina.

The Montreal-based company said Carolina Aseptic and Carolina Dairy will join Saputo’s U.S. dairy division.

Carolina Aseptic makes shelf-stable food products and beverages while Carolina Dairy makes refrigerated yogurt in spouted pouches. Both facilities employ about 230 workers.

Saputo CEO and chair Lino Saputo said the acquisitions complement the company’s organic growth while strengthening its presence in the rapidly growing aseptic beverage and food categories and nutritional snacks space.

The deal is worth $118 million USD.

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A forage breeder has been awarded the 2021 Canadian Beef Industry Award for Outstanding Research and Innovation.

Beef Cattle Research Council chair Matt Bowman said Surya Acharya is respected and appreciated by academics and producers alike.

“His work addresses real industry obstacles with solutions that consider producers’ needs through direct communication with stakeholders,” Bowman said in a news release.

Acharya is a research scientist and forage breeder at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) in Lethbridge, Alta. where he specializes in breeding legumes. His current research focuses on developing new cultivars of legume species with improvements in yield, nutritional quality, and persistence, among other traits.

Acharya received this award during the 2021 virtual Canadian Beef Industry Conference.

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